INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Purdue Track & Field landed seven Boilers on the podium, including two silver medalists and a school record, to close out the 2026 Big Ten Indoor Championships.
Men’s Notes
• The 4x400m team of Jax Coleman, Samuel Vessat, Zach Mylenek and Zyan Greene finished second with a season-best 3:04.97 that moved up to second in school history and missed the record by 0.02 seconds.
• Chidozie Kalu earned a silver medal in the triple jump after he flew to a personal-best 16.01m (52-06.50). The mark moved him up to fifth in school history after he entered the championships ninth.
• Bode Gilkerson opened Purdue’s final day with a fourth-place finish in the high jump (2.15m / 7-00.50). He was placed fourth in two consecutive indoor championships and three consecutive overall if the 2025 outdoor championships is included.
• Vessat secured fifth in the 400m (46.05) in his first B1G Championships. The performance came one day after he set the short track French record and school record (45.38) on Friday.
• Seamus Malaski found the podium for a second time with his fifth-place finish in the shot put (19.32m / 63-04.75). He also took third in the weight throw on Friday. The personal best performance in the shot put moved him up to fourth in school history.
• With their silver medals, Kalu and the 4x400m earn All-Big Ten Second Team.
• The program finished 10th in the team standings with 38 points.
Women’s Notes
• Ashley Odiase set a 200m school record after she ran 23.34 to finish fifth. She broke Carmiesha Cox’s previous record of 23.46 set in 2018. Odiase entered the championships seventh in the program rankings and moved up to second in the trials on Thursday (23.48) before she broke the record on Saturday.
• Zoe Sullivan finished fourth in the 60mH (8.16) for her highest finish at a B1G Indoor Championships. She was 0.004 seconds shy of earning a bronze medal.
• With no outdoor eligibility remaining, Sullivan concludes her career as a one-time All-American, two-time NCAA East First Round qualifier and earned points in seven Big Ten Championships. She also sits No. 2 in Purdue’s record book in the 60mH (8.08) and 110mH (13.11) trailing only Olympian and World Champion Devynne Charleton.
• The program finished 15th in the team standings with 12 points.
Next Up
Boilermakers that qualify for the national meet will head to Fayetteville, Arkansas March 13-14, while the rest of the team prepares to open the outdoor season March 20-21 at the USF Alumni Invitational in Tampa, Florida.
